Field Work Experience on the Homeless

New Visions Homeless Day Shelter New Visions is a day shelter that is geared towards helping the homeless. The center provides a number of services to help those who really need it. The hours are from 8:30am- 3:30pm Monday thru Friday. The center is open on Saturdays only when a church group wants to feed. There is a Hygiene department where the clients can sign up for showers and to wash clothes. Clothing is only washed three days a week for clients. They usually run showers from 9am- 11:30am, but will let clients take showers later in an emergency. There is a clothing room where clients can get clean clothes if needed, before and after they take a shower. The clothing room is also open to the community and those who have to sometimes choose between clothes and food. New Visions has one of many food pantries in Camden City. They get many referrals from social services and community outreach centers. New Visions offers their clients breakfast at 9:30am and lunch at 12:30am. They eat in the community room where they also watch television, play games, and socialize with each other. In the front of the building is where the social service needs of the clients are met. Ms. Gail Evans- Kenny runs this department that offers help with housing, SSI benefits, Veteran benefits, job applications, and referrals to county services. This office also offers the clients a address to have their mail sent. There is also a Dentist who comes every third Friday of each month and offers free dental care. New Visions Director is Kevin Moran and his assistant is Ms. Gail Evans- Kenny. The parent company is Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey, which also manages nursing homes, retirement homes, senior housing, and adoption agencies. New Visions normally serves from one-sixty to two-hundred clients at the beginning of the month. Towards the end of the month they serve from two-hundred to two-thirty clients. In a partnership with St. Joseph in East Camden, St. Joe’s Café opens